prophets/writings

Dod

passionate love

eleph

military unit for a thousand

herem

exclusive worship of yahweh

hesed

steadfast love

oracle

blessing from Balaam, who was supposed to curse Israel

proverb

short saying that expressed insight into experience

riyah

friendship love

selah

invitation to lift up

tehilim

psalms-praises

zion

name for jerusalem in poetic texts

amos

was a noqed who rebuked elites for feasting while poor was starving

elijah

confronted israel’s worship to baal, called down fire from heaven

elisha

my God saves, asked for a double portion of elijah’s spirit

Gad

fortune, gave David 3 choices: 3 years of famine, 3 months of enemies, 3 days of plagues

joel

yahweh is god, locusts: god wants repentance

miacaiah

confronted ahab by delivering unpopular message of judgement against war

abijah

war against jeraboam i

abimelech

illegitimate child, killed brothers, killed by a woman

absolom

father’s well being, took davids concubines and raped them for people to see how much stronger he is than david, was killed by joab under tree

adonijah

yhwh is lord, stages coup and killed by his brother solomon

ahab

married jezebel, support baal worship, built temple for baal

ahaziah

lord takes, fell through lattice, sought baal-zebub, sends army to kill elijah

amnon

rapes sister, killed brother absolom

athaliah

attempted to eliminate entire royal family

barak

heard a promise, only went if deborah would go

deborah

lords bee, judge, led coalition of israelite tribes against canaanite adversaries

ehud

son of my right hand, escaped through a toilet, didn’t remove idols

eli

fat priest at shiloh, raised samuel

hophni and phineas

sons of eli, stole good portion, sexual immorality in temple, took ark into battle, philistines captured ark

hosea

married gomer who was unfaithful, 3 children: jezreel (god is planting), lo-ruhammah (not loved), lo-ammi (not my people)

jael

a woman who killed barak’s enemy

jehoida

high priest who hid and raised joash

jehoram

lord lifts, revolt for moab, blood river

jehosheba

joash’s aunt rescued and hid him

jehoshaphat

allied with ahab through marriage and military cooperation, battle against aram

jephthah

illegitimate child, exiled brothers, became a thief, won battle against ammonited, sacrificed his daughter

jeroboam I

first kind of northern kingdom, made golden calves, non levite priests, sukkot in the 8th not the 7th

jeroboam II

the people dispute, pitied by God, extended border of israel

joab

lord is my father, did david’s dirty work

joash (judah)

lord gives, anointed as kind at 7

Joash (israel)

arrows symbolizing victory over aram and his defeat of amaziah

jonathan

son of saul, best friend of david

joshua

the lord saves, took after moses, sent spies to jericho, land secured

mephibosheth

from the mouth of shame, last surviving male of saul’s family, compassion for david

michal

daughter of saul, wife of david

naaman

syrian leper who bathed in a river to remove leprosy

rahab

broad, kept the spies sent by joshua safe

rehoboam

the people spread, refused to light workload and taxes, norhtern ribes rebel and choose jeroboam as king.

samson

nazarite from birth, touched dead body of lion, drank wine at wedding, let delilah cut his hair